Speaking of Ma Ji and Jiang Kun, two famous cross-talk actors, everyone is of course familiar with them.
But do you remember their old partner Zhao Yan?
In 1983, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala was born. But at that time, the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the conditions were limited, and there were not many actors, so usually an actor had to act in several programs. For example, Li Gu sang seven or eight songs alone, for example, Wang Jingyu, in addition to being the host, also had to perform skits and eat chicken for everyone. As the main force of the party, Ma Ji and Jiang Kun presented several programs to everyone.
That year, Ma Ji and his apprentice Zhao Yan shared several cross-talks for everyone, including "Say One No Two" and "Little Scene in the Mountain Village", I believe many friends still remember it, right?
And more of us know the cross-talk actor Zhao Yan through this year's Spring Festival Gala.
Later, he also partnered with Jiang Kun for a while. However, after Ma Ji's death from illness in 2006, he seems to rarely appear in front of everyone again.
So, what is the current situation of him today? Today, let's take a look at it together.
Zhao Yan was born in Beijing in 1951 and was originally named Zhao Dianxie. His parents were both workers, but both loved literature and art. Especially the mother, especially love to listen to Beijing opera, and every time she goes to the theater garden to see the play, she will bring Little Zhao Yan, and over time, Zhao Yan also hears about it and likes to perform. However, when Zhao Yan showed extraordinary ability to imitate, his mother was reluctant to let him embark on the road of literature and art. Because - "our children are going to go to college."
At that time, Zhao Yan was studying at Fuxue Hutong Primary School and was a literary and artistic activist in the school, but whenever there was a performance, he was naturally indispensable. At this time, many literary and art groups came to enroll, and they all looked at Xiao Zhao Yan, who looked handsome, had a good voice, and was very clever, and wanted to recruit him, but the mother at home did not agree. Later, the "Bayi" junior gymnastics team and the "Bayi" junior diving team also looked at him, but they did not succeed, because his mother was bent on letting him enter the university.
But no one expected that when Zhao Yan really wanted to go to college, the whole country set off a boom of going to the mountains and going to the countryside. On July 20, 1968, before the 17-year-old Zhao Yan finished his studies at middle school, he and many classmates took a train to Heilongjiang in the northeast and became a member of the production and construction corps.
In the same year, his later colleague Jiang Kun also came to the Heilongjiang Production and Construction Corps, but the two were not in the same place. However, they knew each other, because at that time, Zhao Yan was also famous for engaging in literature and art in the Corps, and Jiang Kun had also come to learn from him.
In the corps, Zhao Yan first worked as a tractor driver, and later was favored by the literary and art propaganda team, as for the reason, it was because he looked handsome and had a good voice. At that time, the regimental literary and art propaganda team was rehearsing the model play "Red Lantern", and there was a lack of Li Yuhe's actor, Zhao Yan, who had sung Peking Opera when he was a child, just came in handy, and as a result, as soon as he appeared, he became a hit.
Subsequently, he played Guo Jianguang in "Sha Jiabang" and li Yongqi in "Wise Tiger Mountain", which was very popular. Of course, as an actor in a grassroots literary and art propaganda team, he needs to be "specialized and versatile", often in addition to singing Peking Opera, he must also be able to sing, dance, and even speak cross-talk and Shandong fast books.
In 1972, the Third Division Literary and Art Conference performed, and Zhao Yan became popular throughout the corps for singing "Happy Postman". At that time, Jiang Kun also admired to learn this program. And how did he become a cross-talk actor? I remember once after listening to Ma Ji's "Ode to Friendship", he liked it very much, and decided to try it at the next performance, and the result was a big hit, and since then, he has become a well-known "laughing star".
In 1976, many professional literary and art groups took a fancy to him. First of all, the Bayi Film Studio, Wang Xingang and Tian Hua went to the Corps to select actors, and they took him with thick eyebrows and big eyes as an alternative candidate, that is to say, he almost became a film actor of the Bayi Factory. Then, the Harbin Repertory Theatre and Heilongjiang Television Station all sent him invitations, and in the end, he chose to report to the China Radio Rap Ensemble, and became colleagues with Ma Ji and Jiang Kun.
After entering the group, his first partner to cooperate with was Jiang Kun. But later, as the leader of the group, Ma Ji put forward the idea of "passing on the gang", that is, to let an experienced old actor bring a group of young people, with the purpose of making the young actor grow up quickly. Thus, there is the combination of Jiang Kun and Li Wenhua that we have seen, and there is also the partner of Ma Ji and Zhao Yan.
In the 1980s, cross-talk was a very popular form of artistic expression among the people, and a large number of outstanding cross-talk performance artists became stars in everyone's mind, such as Ma Ji, Jiang Kun, Zhao Yan and so on. How popular were their performances at that time? Almost everywhere you go, you will be surrounded by enthusiastic audiences. Once, Zhao Yan and Master Ma Ji waited until Xinxiang, Henan To perform, and as a result, the front door and back door of the theater were blocked by the crowd of onlookers, and finally there was no way, or the local fire brigade drove a fire truck, set up a ladder, and let the actors enter the theater through the window on the second floor. This shows their popularity at the time.
In 1983, Zhao Yan and Ma Ji appeared together at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and quickly became famous. Immediately after several years of spring festival gala, they all worked together, which further established his position in the cross-talk industry. In 1985, Zhao Yan was also awarded the title of China's Top Ten Comedians.
Around the beginning of the 1980s, Zhao Yan and Ma Ji formed a partnership, and they worked together for nearly 27 years. With the help and guidance of Ma Ji, he made very rapid progress, and gradually formed his own typhoon solid style and stable performance characteristics. He never sensationalized, but he was always able to surprise the audience with laughter.
On December 20, 2006, after Ma Ji's death, Zhao Yan was in a state of heavy heart for a long time. The sudden departure of the teacher was always unacceptable. Later, the director of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala gave him a job, hoping that he could take the young people like Mr. Ma Ji had taken him, so he didn't say a word, adjusted his mentality, and returned to the stage. At the 2007 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, he and the young cross-talk actor Zhou Wei formed a partnership and said "I Am Used to Him", which was quite popular.
Later, he helped young actor Fu Qiang to board the Spring Festival Gala, and the two worked together for ten years and formed a deep friendship. When Fu Qiang held a special cross-talk party, Zhao Yan happened to be hospitalized due to heart disease, but when he heard that Fu Qiang needed help, he ran out of the hospital without saying a word to make a praise for Fu Qiang.
Yes, Zhao Yan has done a lifetime of praise, perhaps he is not as popular and famous as Tease, but the personality charm he embodies still infects the hearts of many young actors. Whenever Zhao Yan is mentioned, Zhou Wei, Fu Qiang, etc. are grateful, saying that Zhao Yan is a rare and good teacher.
This year, Zhao Yan said that he is 70 years old (imaginary age), and we saw him on the scene of a show, his hair was gray, but his spirit was strong. A blue costume full of Chinese characteristics reflected him in a red light. Talking about the cross-talk works he had said in the past, Zhao Yan immediately opened the floodgates and gushed endlessly. And what he talked about the most was the promotion of his mentor Ma Ji to himself. So later, he will put more energy into bringing new people. "Passing on the help belt" is a tradition in the cross-talk industry, Teacher Zhao Yan said.
But I don't know if you remember Zhao Yan's previous cross-talk works such as "Pink Eye Disease", "The Function of Crying", "Small Scene in the Mountain Village", "One Servant and Two Lords", "Five Senses Striving for Merit", "Snobby Eyes", "New Look of The New Village", "Who Has a Problem", etc.? Welcome to interact with more netizens through the message area. I am Yaqing, and once again I would like to thank everyone for their attention, likes and sharing, which is the greatest encouragement to me. We'll see you tomorrow at the same time.
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